Section Index Owatonna Steele County Amateur Radio 18-Jul-2007

ARL Message Example

Preamble
NR 1 R HXA W1AW 8 Newington CT 1830Z July 1
a b c d e f g h

Addressee and Telephone
DONALD R SMITH AA
164 EAST SIXTH AVE AA
NORTH RIVER CITY MO 00789 AA
PHONE 733-3968 BT
Message Text
HAPPY BIRTHDAY X SEE YOU
SOON X LOVE BT  
Signature
DIANA AR

Preamble
a - Message Number (Begin with 1 each month or year)
b - Precedence
  E - Emergency
  P - Priority
  Q - Inquiry
  R - Routine
c - Handling Instructions
  HXA - Collect landline delivery.
  HXB - Cancel message if not delivered within ... hours.
  HXC - Report date/time of delivery to originating station.
  HXD - Report to originating station the identity of stations received from and transmitted to.
  HXE - Get reply from addressee and reply back.
  HXF - Hold delivery until ....
  HXG - Delivery by mail or non-toll landline.
d - Station of origin.
e - Number of words/groups in text only. Count 'X' when used as punctuation. Do not count 'AA', 'BT', 'AR', etc.
g - Time filed.
h - Date.

Address Separate parts of address with 'AA'. End address/telephone with 'BT'
Text Message Limit to 25 words or less, if possible. End text message with 'BT'.
Signature End signature with 'AR'

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